Who Will Replace Steve Sarkisian?

[ACamp1900]

I am going to guess that coaches do not travel to and from work during the time that most people are traveling. I will bet that commute time is not that big of a deal.

.... you have not traveled much around Los Angeles at two in the morning have you?? CalTrans is some kind of evil.

 

[NDohio]

.... you have not traveled much around Los Angeles at two in the morning have you?? CalTrans is some kind of evil.

This is true. I have only had the pleasure of traveling around LA during business hours.

 

[ACamp1900]

This is true. I have only had the pleasure of traveling around LA during business hours.

I love leaving some spot like, "It's 1 o clock in the morning, the traffic should be smooth sailing".. then you reach the top of the rise on the on-ramp to see traffic stopped for miles in all directions....

 

[ulukinatme]

IIRC Kiffy was living in a house that was provided to him by the University.

Kiffin must have owned it at some point, because Vince Vaughn bought it so he could take a dump on the place.

 

[NDohio]

Kiffin must have owned it at some point, because Vince Vaughn bought it so he could take a dump on the place.

Yep, you are right. I found the article. USC gave him a loan to help purchase the house and then called in the loan after he was fired.

 

[Wild Bill]

Has Narduzzi been mentioned? They may go with a defensive guy this time.

 

[Circa]

I love these pundits on ESPN saying BK would be a great fit for them. Shows how far we really have travelled. To a point..

 

[Cali_domer]

I love these pundits on ESPN saying BK would be a great fit for them. Shows how far we really have travelled. To a point..

Funny thing is not even a month ago a poll came out of G-5 coaches saying we would be the top destination in College Football for most desirable location. They(ESPN) should be wary of what they wish for because one of these time we may accidentally get an elite coach.

 

[Irish YJ]

Yep, you are right. I found the article. USC gave him a loan to help purchase the house and then called in the loan after he was fired.

Hey, don't forget, Tennessee named a waste plant after him...

 

[ulukinatme]

Funny thing is not even a month ago a poll came out of G-5 coaches saying we would be the top destination in College Football for most desirable location. They(ESPN) should be wary of what they wish for because one of these time we may accidentally get an elite coach.

I think it's very different to say G-5 coaches consider us a top destination while P-5 coaches consider X destination the top G-5 place to be. I'd be more curious where the P-5 coaches would want to coach in the P-5 list if they weren't at their current spot. It's great to say we're the top destination for G-5 coaches, but G-5 coaches are also guys that either haven't been able to make a big splash yet, or they've failed in the past. P-5 coaches are guys that have proven themselves, at least at the better spots in the college football landscape. It's not like we'd win a bidding war for a big time coach against any of the top programs right now. Places like Alabama, tOSU, and USC will always be more attractive for the best HCs in the country.

 

[kmoose]

If you have your choice of LA coaching jobs, take Pepperdine....... all day........... every day!

 

[IrishInFl]

In a surprise move, USC will hire Steve's sister, Anita.

 

[scUM Hater]

Anyone think why Spurrier "retired" all of a sudden?

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[BobbyMac]

If you have your choice of LA coaching jobs, take Pepperdine....... all day........... every day!

I'd take the UC Irvine job first. Malibu is a cool place to go to for weekend breakfast. South Orange Co is where you go to live 24/7/365.

 

[Wild Bill]

Anyone think why Spurrier "retired" all of a sudden?

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He didn't want to be associated with losers.

 

[texbender]

Kevin Sumlin may be a player here.

 

[stlnd01]

I'm sorry, but the "USC job ain't all that because of LA traffic and USC's in a lousy part of town" argument is baloney.
L.A.'s a pretty nice place to live if you've got money. At 6 in the morning or 10 at night (the hours they're working), you're a 20 minute drive from USC to Santa Monica or Manhattan Beach, and you can fall sleep to the sounds of the Pacific Ocean. And with all the other celebs in town they're not even going to be noticed at the supermarket like they'd be mobbed in College Station or Tuscaloosa.
The other attributes of the job - the pay, the program, the recruiting base, etc. - are top five or ten in the country. And if you win there, you're a fucking god (with a lot less in your way than at, say, Notre Dame).
I lived in L.A. for awhile. It's not for everyone. But no one with a pulse turns down USC over the quality of life or the cost of housing. If you do, you'd never succeed there anyway.

 

[BobbyMac]

I'm sorry, but the "USC job ain't all that because of LA traffic and USC's in a lousy part of town" argument is baloney.
L.A.'s a pretty nice place to live if you've got money. At 6 in the morning or 10 at night (the hours they're working), you're a 20 minute drive from USC to Santa Monica or Manhattan Beach, and you can fall sleep to the sounds of the Pacific Ocean. And with all the other celebs in town they're not even going to be noticed at the supermarket like they'd be mobbed in College Station or Tuscaloosa.
The other attributes of the job - the pay, the program, the recruiting base, etc. - are top five or ten in the country. And if you win there, you're a fucking god (with a lot less in your way than at, say, Notre Dame).
I lived in L.A. for awhile. It's not for everyone. But no one with a pulse turns down USC over the quality of life or the cost of housing. If you do, you'd never succeed there anyway.

Time. It's about time. Big time D1 coaches have very little of it. SC and LA are time eaters. There is a reason why college town, college jobs are better than big city jobs. They always have been, they always will be. You may not think so, but coaches do, especially one's that are in a better situation like Kevin Sumlin is.

 

[MNIrishman]

I'm sorry, but the "USC job ain't all that because of LA traffic and USC's in a lousy part of town" argument is baloney.
L.A.'s a pretty nice place to live if you've got money. At 6 in the morning or 10 at night (the hours they're working), you're a 20 minute drive from USC to Santa Monica or Manhattan Beach, and you can fall sleep to the sounds of the Pacific Ocean. And with all the other celebs in town they're not even going to be noticed at the supermarket like they'd be mobbed in College Station or Tuscaloosa.
The other attributes of the job - the pay, the program, the recruiting base, etc. - are top five or ten in the country. And if you win there, you're a fucking god (with a lot less in your way than at, say, Notre Dame).
I lived in L.A. for awhile. It's not for everyone. But no one with a pulse turns down USC over the quality of life or the cost of housing. If you do, you'd never succeed there anyway.

There are a lot of people who'd never live in LA specifically because it's so different. If I were choosing between there and say, Michigan, I'd go to Michigan and never turn back. LA's beaches are nasty (esp. compared to great lakes beaches), the traffic is awful (taking away from what I'm sure is very limited time with family anyway), the city life is more or less irrelevant to someone who's always at their job or traveling, and the people are a different breed from most of the country. No one turns down a job over quality of life? That's patently false---people do that all the time. Ask any Harvard hotshot who turned down a Wall street investment job. Also, USC can't fill their stadium unless they're in the top 10 (and even then it's a gamble). It's a very attractive job to be sure, but there are significant downsides just like there are at ND.

Question as an aside: What coaching job would you think would be the easiest/ have the fewest downsides? I'd think FSU---huge amounts of both talent and 'talent' to attract new talent. Decent weather, limited academics, winning tradition, police willing to cover up anything, local travel for recruiting. I'd think the only downside would be the in-state competition.

 

[ACamp1900]

Fuck Michigan.

Serious though, I've heard a number of great knocks on so cal over the years... I gripe about so cal all the time, one ive never heard in my life is that the beaches suck... Seriously? The beaches here are easily among the best in the country, I haven't been to Michigan but I've been to the Gulf, Atlantic and Numerous Lakes throughout the country... LA and Orange County beaches are other level over at least all of those...

 

[MNIrishman]

Fuck Michigan.

Serious though, I've heard a number of great knocks on so cal over the years... I gripe about so cal all the time, one ive never heard in my life is that the beaches suck... Seriously? The beaches here are easily among the best in the country, I haven't been to Michigan but I've been to the Gulf, Atlantic and Numerous Lakes throughout the country... LA and Orange County beaches are other level over at least all of those...

I didn't say they sucked. I said they were dirty. California beaches can be very nice, but they're relatively polluted. On this list at least, California has three of the top ten most polluted beaches in the US:
Top ten dirtiest beaches in America

Contrast with:
Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan Voted Good Morning America's 'Most Beautiful Place' - ABC News

 

[sheffieldcelt]

Got to say alcoholics get a lot more sympathy/understanding in U.S. Than they would here this side of atalntic , listening to US media the poor guy has a Disease and needs help

Manager coach of major sports team getting caned on sidelines would get slammed for being a drunken bum over here


You guys have it right tho👍🏻

 

[BGIF]

Anyone think why Spurrier "retired" all of a sudden?

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He never had a losing season.

 

[wizards8507]

There are a lot of people who'd never live in LA specifically because it's so different. If I were choosing between there and say, Michigan, I'd go to Michigan and never turn back. LA's beaches are nasty (esp. compared to great lakes beaches), the traffic is awful (taking away from what I'm sure is very limited time with family anyway), the city life is more or less irrelevant to someone who's always at their job or traveling, and the people are a different breed from most of the country. No one turns down a job over quality of life? That's patently false---people do that all the time. Ask any Harvard hotshot who turned down a Wall street investment job. Also, USC can't fill their stadium unless they're in the top 10 (and even then it's a gamble). It's a very attractive job to be sure, but there are significant downsides just like there are at ND.

Question as an aside: What coaching job would you think would be the easiest/ have the fewest downsides? I'd think FSU---huge amounts of both talent and 'talent' to attract new talent. Decent weather, limited academics, winning tradition, police willing to cover up anything, local travel for recruiting. I'd think the only downside would be the in-state competition.

Lmao. "Decent weather" in Tallahassee, Florida? Tallahassee is 200 miles inland. It's a festering swamp with no seabreeze to circulate the air. Literally the worst weather in the country.

Also, a Great Lakes beach is not "the beach." I hate California with every fiber of my being but a lake ain't an ocean.

 

[Irish#1]

Lmao. "Decent weather" in Tallahassee, Florida? Tallahassee is 200 miles inland. It's a festering swamp with no seabreeze to circulate the air. Literally the worst weather in the country.

Also, a Great Lakes beach is not "the beach." I hate California with every fiber of my being but a lake ain't an ocean.

Barrow Alaska says hello. Maybe we should drop you in the middles of Lake Michigan or Lake Superior and see if you can tell the difference (salt water aside). There's some pretty nice beaches on the Great Lakes.

 

[wizards8507]

You guys need to quit "beaching" at each other and get back on topic!

 

[johnsben]

I grew up on Lake Michigan and I've never seen anything like it anywhere else. Fresh water trumps salt water. The sand is better than the gulf. So Cal beaches are probably great (only been to one) but I'd take Michigan's west coast any day. There is winter though.

 

[wizards8507]

I grew up on Lake Michigan and I've never seen anything like it anywhere else. Fresh water trumps salt water. The sand is better than the gulf. So Cal beaches are probably great (only been to one) but I'd take Michigan's west coast any day. There is winter though.

Does the Sea Air Have Curative Powers? - WSJ

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I grew up on Lake Michigan and I've never seen anything like it anywhere else. Fresh water trumps salt water. The sand is better than the gulf. So Cal beaches are probably great (only been to one) but I'd take Michigan's west coast any day. There is winter though.

Between South Haven and Grand Haven, some of the most beautiful coastline and beach I have ever seen!

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0561664,-86.2554409,13.63z

https://www.google.com/maps/place/S...0x8810acb72c415cf7:0x974268a9e38a9f76!6m1!1e1

 

[Classic Irish]

Fresh water trumps salt water.

I couldn't disagree more. Whether it's beaches in Hawaii, the coast of Maine, or the waters of the Caribbean, even the smell of salt water is special---not to mention vastly superior for its seafood and scuba diving.